Posts Tagged ‘ACCSP news’
ACCSP Announces FY20 Funding Recipients
ACCSP is pleased to announce the recipients of its FY20 funding awards. Thanks to NOAA Fisheries, ACCSP is able to fund 13 new and ongoing projects submitted by our state and federal partners to improve fisheries data collection and processing on the Atlantic coast. This year’s awards total approximately $3.5 million. ACCSP’s annual funding process…
Read MoreNotice to Users: Change to Gear Codes
The Standard Codes committee has reviewed and approved several requests for changes to the ACCSP Gear codes. The first is the addition of a new electrofishing gear code, to accommodate regulations for a new commercial fishing gear license in Virginia. The second is to reclassify several of the existing trawl gear codes into two new…
Read MoreNOAA Fisheries Gets Fisherman’s Perspective on Electronic Reporting
In a two-part interview with Rick Bellavance, a NEFMC member and charter fisherman, NOAA fisheries highlights the benefits of electronic reporting and monitoring and the need for integrated reporting. ACCSP is currently working on integrated reporting with our partners through the SAFIS Redesign, which will increase the flexibility of the SAFIS applications, a One Stop…
Read MorePlanned ACCSP Maintenance
Users of ACCSP web applications and mobile APIs including SAFIS, eTrips online and mobile, the Data Warehouse, and APAIS ATA may experience a brief (15-30 minute) disruption of services on Thursday October 31 at 8pm EST. If you experience problems connecting to ACCSP, try refreshing your browser cache, or restart your PC or mobile device…
Read MoreNotice to users: Round 6 of Changes to Species Common Names
This batch of changes focuses on creating a new common name format for large species groupings. As part of our continual effort to improve user experience, we have been working with our Partners to standardize the display of species’ common names across our Data Warehouse and SAFIS applications. These changes will make our applications consistent…
Read MoreNotice to Users: Change to Disposition Codes
ACCSP and its Program Partners have decided to update the recent changes to disposition codes due to the high volume of user feedback. The Standard Codes committee has reviewed and approved the additions. No action will be required for Data Warehouse and SAFIS users, but please be aware that dispositions have changed. Disposition Changes: CATEGORY…
Read MoreSAFIS eTRIPS/mobile migrates to Version 2
WHEN WILL IT HAPPEN? August 31, 2019 WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? SAFIS eTRIPS/mobile v2, which is GARFO certified, is available and offers Ease of transfer from v1 to v2 (see Useful Information) Expanded platforms and operating systems, including phones SAFIS eTRIPS/mobile v1 will no longer be available for download in the app stores. ACCSP will…
Read MoreGeoffrey White Named ACCSP Director
Robert E. Beal, Executive Director of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, has announced the selection of Mr. Geoffrey White as the Director of the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP). Mr. White has been with the Commission for more than 20 years and has worked in various capacities for ACCSP for the past 15…
Read MoreNotice to users: Round 5 of Changes to Species Common Names
This batch of changes focuses on updating the common name field to a common name where scientific name currently exists. The scientific name will continue to be stored in the scientific name field. As part of our continual effort to improve user experience, we have been working with our Partners to standardize the display of…
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